HB475 (2017) Detail

Relative to honoring Jessie Doe and Mary L.R. Farnum, the first women elected to the New Hampshire house of representatives.


CHAPTER 73

HB 475 - FINAL VERSION

 

20Apr2017... 1545-EBA

2017 SESSION

17-0120

10/03

 

HOUSE BILL 475

 

AN ACT relative to honoring Jessie Doe and Mary L.R. Farnum, the first women elected to the New Hampshire house of representatives.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21; Rep. Alicea, Merr. 8; Rep. Keans, Straf. 23; Rep. Pantelakos, Rock. 25; Rep. DeSimone, Rock. 14; Rep. Rouillard, Hills. 6; Rep. Wallner, Merr. 10; Rep. Wall, Straf. 6; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Sen. Carson, Dist 14

 

COMMITTEE: Legislative Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill directs the joint legislative historical committee to give priority to hanging portraits in the state house of Jessie Doe and Mary L.R. Farnum, the first women elected to the New Hampshire house of representatives.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20Apr2017... 1545-EBA 17-0120

10/03

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to honoring Jessie Doe and Mary L.R. Farnum, the first women elected to the New Hampshire house of representatives.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

73:1  Joint Legislative Historical Committee; Portraits of Jessie Doe and Mary L.R. Farnum.  In anticipation of the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the celebration in 2019 of the bicentennial of the New Hampshire state house, the joint legislative historical committee established under RSA 17-I shall give priority to the acquisition of portraits of Jessie Doe, of Rollinsford, and Dr. Mary L.R. Farnum, of Boscawen, who in 1921 became the first women elected to the New Hampshire house of representatives, and who together founded the Organization of Women Legislators (OWLs).  The committee shall direct that the portraits be hung in suitable places of honor in the state house.

73:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: June 02, 2017

Effective Date: August 01, 2017

Links


Date Body Type
Feb. 21, 2017 House Hearing
Feb. 22, 2017 House Exec Session
March 8, 2017 House Floor Vote
April 4, 2017 Senate Hearing
April 20, 2017 Senate Floor Vote

Bill Text Revisions

HB475 Revision: 436 Date: June 6, 2017, 11:36 a.m.
HB475 Revision: 437 Date: May 2, 2017, 10:44 a.m.
HB475 Revision: 438 Date: Jan. 27, 2017, 8:57 a.m.

Docket


June 2, 2017: Signed by Governor Sununu 06/02/2017; Chapter 73; Eff. 8/1/2017


May 4, 2017: Enrolled 05/04/2017 HJ 15 P. 47


April 27, 2017: Enrolled (In recess 04/27/2017); SJ 16


April 20, 2017: Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-1545e: AA VV 04/20/2017 HJ 14 P. 25


April 20, 2017: Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-1545e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 04/20/2017); SJ 15


April 20, 2017: Ought to Pass: RC 23Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/20/2017; SJ 14


April 20, 2017: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/20/2017; SC 19


April 4, 2017: Hearing: 04/04/2017, Room 102, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 17


March 9, 2017: Introduced 03/09/2017 and Referred to Election Law and Internal Affairs; SJ 9


March 8, 2017: Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 40


March 8, 2017: Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 03/08/2017 (Vote 14-0; CC)


Feb. 22, 2017: Executive Session: 02/22/2017 LOB 104


Feb. 21, 2017: Public Hearing: 02/21/2017 10:00 AM LOB 104


Jan. 5, 2017: Introduced 01/05/2017 and referred to Legislative Administration HJ 3 P. 14